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Answer:

60.051°


Answer Worked Out

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Details:

  1. The endpoints are:
    • (0, 3, 0) to (2, 0, 0)
    • (0, 3, 0) to (0, 0, 4)
  2. The displacement vectors are:
    • a  =  (2, 0, 0) - (0, 3, 0)  =  (2, -3, 0)T
    • b  =  (0, 0, 4) - (0, 3, 0)  =  (0, -3, 4)T
  3. The lengths are:
    • |a|2  =   (2, -3, 0)T ·  (2, -3, 0)T  =  13
    • |b|2  =   (0, -3, 4)T ·  (0, -3, 4)T  =  25
  4. The normalized vectors are:
    • au  =  (2, -3, 0)T / 13
    • bu  =  (0, -3, 4)T / 5
  5. The dot product is:
    • au · bu  =  (2, -3, 0)T · (0, -3, 4)T / (513)
    • =  9 / (513)  =   0.49923
  6. The angle is:
    • cosθ   =  0.49923
    • θ  =  arc cos 0.49923  =  60.051°

QUESTION 12:

If you had calculated the displacement vectors in the opposite manner (by subtracting from (0, 3, 0) ) would it have affected the answer?